Overview
The Natural Resources Defense Council
(NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use
law, science and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to
protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy
environment for all living things. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our
staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the
Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water
enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout
the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists,
policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York,
Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana and Beijing.
Position Summary:
NRDC is seeking a City Engagement
Intern to work with the American Cities Climate Challenge team in our Chicago
office. This will be a full-time paid internship for 10 weeks over
Summer 2019. The American Cities Climate Challenge is an unprecedented opportunity
for 25 ambitious cities to significantly deepen and accelerate their efforts to
tackle climate change and promote a sustainable future for their residents.
Responsibilities
- Support
the City Engagement team of the American Cities Climate Challenge on daily
requests from cities for strategic, communications, and technical
assistance
- Conduct
research on a wide range of needed topics including renewables, energy
efficiency, mobility, and electric vehicles, focused at the city level
- Draft
public-facing resources such as factsheets, reports, blog posts, website
content
- Draft
memos and reports to staff with proposed policy recommendations
Qualifications
- Rising
senior in undergraduate; Master’s student preferred;
- Strong
background in political strategy, advocacy, and/or communications;
- Superior
research, data synthesis, and analysis skills;
- Strong
interpersonal and oral and written communication skills;
- Demonstrated
interest in urban sustainability, environmental, energy, buildings,
transportation; equity issues is a plus;
- Basic
competency in Excel and Google Docs.
